Traditional
The King with Dirty Feet
A folktale from India
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Story
The King refuses to have a bath and as a result, ends up with very smelly feet! Eventually, he agrees to wash them but discovers that they get dirty again very quickly. He asks his servant to solve this problem, but he just keeps making it worse. Until a stranger uses his mistake to fashion a solution – the world’s first pair of shoes! From then on, the King can keep his feet clean and smelling fresh.
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Why we chose it
We love the humour of this story as the solutions to keeping the king's feet clean get more and more outlandish!